{"product_id":"the-arc-of-love-aaron-ben-zeev-9780226633909","title":"The Arc of Love: How Our Romantic Lives Change Over Time","description":"Is love best when it is fresh? For many, the answer is a resounding \"yes.\" The intense experiences that characterize new love are impossible to replicate, leading to wistful reflection and even a repeated pursuit of such ecstatic beginnings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aaron Ben-Ze'ev takes these experiences seriously, but he's also here to remind us of the benefits of profound love--an emotion that can only develop with time. In \u003ci\u003eThe Arc of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, he provides an in-depth, philosophical account of the experiences that arise in early, intense love--sexual passion, novelty, change--as well as the benefits of cultivating long-term, profound love--stability, development, calmness. Ben-Ze'ev analyzes the core of emotions many experience in early love and the challenges they encounter, and he offers pointers for weathering these challenges. Deploying the rigorous analysis of a philosopher, but writing clearly and in an often humorous style with an eye to lived experience, he takes on topics like compromise, commitment, polyamory, choosing a partner, online dating, and when to say \"I love you.\" Ultimately, Ben-Ze'ev assures us, while love is indeed best when fresh, if we tend to it carefully, it can become more delicious and nourishing even as time marches on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Ben-Ze'ev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022663390X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226633909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019","brand":"Aaron Ben-Ze'ev","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913441280255,"sku":"9780226633909","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_904e738c-6d7a-465b-a6a9-ad009e0cb3c7.jpg?v=1680620420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-arc-of-love-aaron-ben-zeev-9780226633909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}